| Flipping domains can be a lucrative business. But what | | | | website valuation. So if you pick up an expired |
| does a domain flipper do to make money? | | | | domain and find the right buyer, you can pocket the |
| As in many types of business, there are various | | | | profit. |
| models or techniques for domain flipping. | | | | 3. Buy an established website domain name |
| Learn how to flip domains and reap the profits. | | | | Many websites can be purchased for a reasonable |
| 1. Register a new domain | | | | price. Their owners may tire of running a website, or |
| Registering a new domain name is simple and | | | | be dissatisfied with the amount of money they are |
| relatively inexpensive. I wish I had registered "cars" | | | | making. This may be because they lack the time, |
| or "trucks" or "computers" or other fundamental | | | | marketing skills, or web development skills to exploit |
| product names years ago. I could auction off those | | | | the website. If you have these skills (or you can hire |
| names for large sums now. But I suspect every | | | | them at the right price), then you can bump up the |
| single-word domain name in the dictionary is owned | | | | revenue and keep the website, or sell it based on its |
| already. Still, people frequently come up with new | | | | new value due to the increased income. |
| unique combinations of two and three-word domain | | | | 4. Use parked domains to generate revenue |
| names, and you can too. If the name has value to | | | | Maybe you have parked some domains while you |
| someone, then you can sell it by auction or via a | | | | work on developing a website (or can also buy |
| broker. But there is another alternative for new | | | | parked domains from others). However parked |
| domain names. Who would have thought that | | | | domains may show up in search engine results if the |
| "twitter" or "squidoo" would become a popular | | | | domain names have relevance to the search. Many |
| domain name? If you are creative with names, | | | | domain name registrars and other websites provide |
| maybe you can make up the next "digg" or "reddit". | | | | domain name parking services that will put advertising |
| 2. Buy expired domain names | | | | (e.g. Google adsense) on your parked website's page. |
| Domain names expire every day. And many of the | | | | The companies will charge you a fee for parking or |
| search engines value older websites over new ones. | | | | share in the ad revenue (or both). You do not have |
| The websites may already have links which the | | | | go this route. You can take your parked domains and |
| search engines also use in ranking. Finally, the website | | | | put your own ads on the pages and keep all the |
| may also have traffic -- another desirable item in | | | | money. |